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New Beginnings open a fridge to the community

06/07/2019 by Tony Cowling 1 Comment

Reading’s first community fridge is now up and running. Community Fridges provide a place for local residents and businesses to donate surplus food, which is then available for anyone in the community to take.

Filed Under: Featured, Food, News and views, Sustainable Reading, Waste Tagged With: community fridges, food waste, social inclusion

How are Reading’s Eateries doing on the Single-use Plastics Front?

14/02/2019 by Emily Marshall Leave a Comment

We surveyed 35 food establishments in Reading to find out what they’re doing to curb plastic waste.

Filed Under: Communities, consumption and the local economy, Food, News and views, Plastic pollution, Waste Tagged With: plastic waste

Food rescue stories: Bread and Butter Pudding

21/11/2017 by Tony Cowling Leave a Comment

What recipes have you collected, or inherited, to use up surplus food? Here Tony describes how a Bread and Butter Pudding saved a build-up of stale bread from the bin (and made a delicious dessert) in the Cowling household. Do you have a food rescue recipe to share?

Filed Under: Featured, Food, News and views, Waste Tagged With: food, food rescue stories, food waste, recipes, reuse

Inside London’s first plastic-free shop

10/09/2017 by Paul Ducker Leave a Comment

Frustrated by the amount of plastic packaging that just ends up being thrown away after a typical food shop, Ingrid Caldironi decided to take matters into her own hands by opening the London’s first plastic free shop. Bulk Market stocks more than 300 items in the pop-up shop and it’s not just food. Alongside dried goods there’s […]

Filed Under: Food, Spotted on the web, Waste Tagged With: plastic pollution, plastic waste, plastic-free, pop-up, shopping

Goodbye Clingfilm, Hello Beeswax

27/08/2017 by Emily Marshall Leave a Comment

So much of the plastic we buy is used only once before being thrown away. Clingfilm is a common culprit. It sticks to everything (except what you want it to) and it’s always difficult find the end of the roll. As it turns out, there’s a sustainable alternative which doesn’t have these drawbacks, and it can be made in 7 simple steps…

Filed Under: Featured, Food, News and views, Waste Tagged With: food, food waste, how to..., recycling

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Reading Sustainability Centre

We are an education project linked to Transition Town Reading and Reading Hydro. Our goal is that Reading is recognised as a leader in practical action on sustainability, as well as a great place to live.

We are mostly virtual at the moment, but are working with a variety of partners to support the development of local sustainability experiments as well as ‘pop-up’ exhibitions and events. So please do keep checking back, or sign up for updates below. If you’d like to get more directly involved just drop us a line.

There is more about Reading Sustainability Centre on our Who we are page.

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